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Dog Food Safety Guide

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Food Safety Notes
Alcohol never Ethanol β€” stumbling, vomiting, slow breathing
Apple safe no seeds
Apple seeds never Cyanide β€” panting, drooling (lots)
Asparagus safe cooked
Avocado cautious GI upset; pit risk
Bacon cautious fatty, salty
Banana safe
Bell pepper safe
Blueberries safe
Bone broth safe unsalted
Bread cautious empty calories
Broccoli safe <10% of diet
Brussels sprouts safe
Butter cautious pure fat
Caffeine (coffee, tea) never Caffeine β€” restless, racing heart
Cannabis edibles never THC β€” wobbly, dazed, dribbling urine
Cantaloupe safe no rind
Carrot safe
Cashews cautious fatty (a few ok)
Celery safe
Cheese cautious fat + lactose
Chicken safe cooked, plain
Chives & leeks never Organosulfur β€” pale gums, anemia
Chocolate never Theobromine β€” vomiting, racing heart, seizures
Cooked bones never splinter, puncture gut
Cookies & cake cautious sugar
Corn safe off the cob
Corn cobs never blockage β€” ER
Cottage cheese safe low-fat
Cucumber safe
Food Safety Notes
Deli meat cautious salt + nitrates
Egg safe cooked
Fat & gristle never pancreatitis
French fries cautious fat + salt
Grapes & raisins never Tartaric acid β€” vomiting, then kidney failure
Green beans safe
Ham cautious very salty
Hops (brewing) never Unknown β€” high fever, panting, racing heart
Hot dogs cautious fat, salt, nitrates
Ice cream cautious sugar + lactose
Large dog chews never blockage
Lean beef safe cooked
Lettuce safe leafy greens
Liver safe cooked, small
Macadamia nuts never Unknown β€” wobbly legs, tremors, fever
Mango safe no pit
Milk cautious lactose
Moldy food / compost never Mycotoxins β€” tremors, seizures
Mushrooms safe store-bought only
Nut shells never blockage
Nutmeg never Myristicin β€” disorientation, racing heart
Oatmeal safe plain
Onion & garlic never Organosulfur β€” pale gums, weakness, anemia
Orange safe small, peeled
Pasta safe plain
Peach safe no pit
Peanut butter safe xylitol-free
Pear safe no seeds
Peas safe fresh or frozen
Food Safety Notes
Pineapple safe
Pizza cautious fat + onion/garlic
Popcorn safe plain, air-popped
Potato safe cooked only
Pumpkin safe plain
Raspberries safe
Raw yeast dough never Ethanol + gas β€” bloated belly, drunkenness
Raw/green potato never Solanine β€” GI upset, lethargy
Rawhide never swells in gut
Rhubarb leaves never Oxalates β€” drooling, tremors, kidney
Rice safe plain, cooked
Salmon safe cooked, boneless
Salty snacks (excess) never Sodium β€” vomiting, tremors, seizures
Sardines safe in water
Sausage cautious fat + salt
Spinach safe oxalates; limit
Stone-fruit pits never Cyanide β€” red gums, panting, collapse
Strawberries safe
Sweet potato safe cooked
Tomato safe ripe only; no stems
Toothpicks in food never punctures gut
Turkey safe cooked, plain
Watermelon safe no seeds or rind
Whipped cream cautious fat + sugar
Whitefish safe cooked, boneless
Whole fruit pits never blockage
Wild mushrooms never Amatoxins β€” drooling, vomiting, liver failure
Xylitol (gum, candy) never Xylitol β€” collapse, liver failure
Yogurt safe plain
Zucchini safe